davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

floor, beneath the carpet These are
lettered IA, AA in the diagram. Con-
nected to one are wires running to the
battery and primary circuit of small
induction coil placed in the cellar. This
circuit is lettered PC. Wires from the
secondary coil, sc, go to the other
plates, as shown. Operator No. sits
in chair No. /, with his face to the wall;
operator No. 2 in chair No. 2, with his
face muffied, his ears stopped, and two
committeeman on either side. Operator
No. has steel points running through
the heels of his shoes in such way
that he can drive them through the car
pet and bring them in contact with the
metal plates beneath. From these points
two wires run to small circuit breaker
under his coat on the left side. Opera
tor No. 2 has similar points in his heels,
but the wires run to two hidden bands
of metal about the ankle or the upper
arm, in contact with the flesh.
When the operators take their places.
carefully grinding the steel points
through the carpet. operator No. folds
his arms and Is thus enabled to manipu-
late the circuit breaker unseen, trans
hitting long shocks or short shocks at
will to No. 2, who, interpreting them by
the Morse code. announces to the com
mittee the intelligence sent him. Fold
ing doors may of course be drawn be-
tween, and, as ne word is spoken and
no wires are seen, it is very mysterious
No. 2 reading any name or message Sc
cretly written in the other room and
shown only to No. 1. / give space to
this trick because, when well done. it
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

hours by the comfort
ing stove, sauntering
smilingly forth to see
if the hornets are up
and ADDING. The small
boy of the viii a G e
knows little Latin and
less Greek; unlearned
is he in baseball rec
ords and the chewing
gum markets, but in
tracking the undulat-
ing tsdpol e t o h i 5
sedgy lair, unearthing
- 4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

didn't, somewhere in the grass, thous
and fire-fiies jewel the gloom; the plants
are swung like lamps on high; the broad
moon filings a shimmering sheaf of silver
athwart the food, and the bull-frog
mounts his lily-leaf raft and throws his
whole soul into caper of JOY.
1t is night in the fields, but still neither
silence nor repose. 1t is the time Of re-
surrected nature, and midnight and day
turned alike, with the hustle of infinite
life, even when all is rayless. save in
that window above where the knock
kneed and tuneful poet gurgles mis-
magazine lay-Henry Guy Carleton in
NJ Y World.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

Teacher-"You must not come to
school any more. Tommy. until your
mother has recovered from the measles. -
Tommy-"There amt a bit of danger
that she will give them to me-" why.
how is thaty' She IS my stepmother"
Teas StftiHgs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

side of the table,
gaze dreamily at
the papers request
ing that they be
counted. Then he
would touch them
one by one with
his finger. mutter
inarticulately, and
go through var
ious maneuvers.
all which was cal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

All Mr.. Bishops ex-
periments are depend
ent purely upon sig
nails transmitted him
by the muscles and
not by the minds of
his subjects. There
is nothing occult or
mysterious in his per-
Torrance. He can
make a bushel of 800
bills on Wall street if
he will wager he can
read their numbers
without any hanky-
panky or the POSSIBLE
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

Heller's sec
ond sight" was
much more clev-
CT even than Eos
G RS p erform-
ance, but can
easily be sur
passed by the
a rr a n 6 ement
shown in the di-
agram above.
At each end of
a suite of rooms
let there be two
metal plates. cop
per or even tin,
screwed to the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

heavy flannel and takes in his heavy
cold; Spring, the frolicsome, full of mis-
chief and scuffiing spsrrows; Spring the
wayward, now blythe with dimpled sun
shine, now hysterical with sudden tears;
Spring the fashionable, when every maid
takes unto herself new bonnet and a
case of sniffles; Spring the riotous and
lavish and whimsical. pranking the mea-
dows with golden glories in the quicken
ing grass. filling the heavens with flying
fleece and the earth with gladness and
warmth; million million young lives
burst the icy bondage of winter and
death and revel in the sight of the high
wheeling sun, for it is Spring.
Inch by inch the mantling snow has
been lifted from the hills; in the valleys
the scavenger streams toll seaward with
the refuse they have gathered; the rough
winds have softened and now caress the
brown arms of the trees they lashed.
There comes lull. Higher and higher
strides the sun and smiles broadly upon
the waste of stubble and hapless
branches. The sad owl ruffles up the
collar Of his ragged ulster, blinks solemn
ly and takes one-eyed survey of the
scene through knot-hole in the hollow
tree, while deeper down the squirrel still
snores with his nose buried in the muff
OF his tail. Tough little sparrows SILVER
under the caves and one premature rob-
in, head on one side, wisely chirps his
opinion that in day or two there will
be worms. Yet higher the sun. A
tropical wind floats over the hills that
loom to the south and at his caress the
acres quicken and the branches burst
their cerements and above and beneath
is quick vision of tenderest and twink
ling green, while the fruit bearers flash
with sudden whiteness, as though some
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

exceeds any spiritualism or "mind-read-
ing test ever saw and defies detection,
for the points can be made to slip back
into the heel and be unseen, the wires
are all beneath the carpet, and the bat
terry in the COLLAR
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09
A SPRING IDYLL.
HOW NATURE INSPIRES A POET.

The Bull-Frog Opera and the Boy and the
Hornet-Delightful Communion
with Rampant Nature.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

Mrs. Furstchoppe:-Ah. Mr.. Clampit.
you're your own expressman, see.
Clsmpit:-Yes, have to be once
week. It's my laundry. you know. My
stupid valet hasn't learned Chinese yet,
and don't dare TO trust him.-2Fd Bits.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

c fields are merry and
musical, and the golden
glory sitting through
the darkened tangle of
leaves, shows beauty
upon beauty growing
and resting in the
shade, q world of mo-
ton and life. Then
comes the crimson af-
termsth; there is a
flutter of weary wings
in the trees; the whip
poor-will reiterates it
melancholy recital of
Will a ms W r o n g s.
KATY did and KATY
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-05-09

FRlN q, . p r n 6,
beautiful spring. the
season OF budding
leaf and wooing bird,
the time for bull
frogs and poets to at
tune their early lay;
also for the weather
beaten hen to attune
her early lay; Spring,
the balmy, when the
citizen takes off his
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PAPER PELLETS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF A
~ TRACT OF TwENTY-EIGHT ACRES OF
HIGHLY-IMPROvED LAND ON BROOK
TtIRNPIKF. IN HFNRlCO COUNTY, ABOUT
ONE MILE FROM THE CITY OF RICHMOND.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08
A FIRE VISITATION.
Five Housss Burned-A Timely Discovery
Prevents Another Burning-Tke
Fight on Camden.
Especial telegram to the Dispatch

ESPECIAL telrkrHfu 70 INC DlrfetCh-l
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April This
morning the house Of Jacob Lutz, who
resides in the west end of this city, was
burned, together with the furniture
contained in II. The fire from this
building ignited four other houses, the
property OF l.. M. Williams, b. b.
Sprieg, J. f. Savage, and ID. ID. Far
rell-all OF which were burned. The
loss is estimated at $4,000. None OF
the houses we're insured.
Last night the Office Of the president
of the Kanawha- Valley Bank was set on
fire by coal rolling from the crate to
the floor but the fire was discovered
by Mr.. 4. l.. Boggs, who has rooms
over the bank, and by the use OF hand
hose he succeeded in extinguishing it.
The damage will be 800. This after
noon fire was discovered in building
owned by j. r. Balderidge and occu-
pied by Abe Petty, but was extinguish-
ed, after damaging the building to the
amount of 800. The building is in
sured in the Phoenix Company OF
Brooklyn.
The Democrats of Hampshire county
met in mass-meeting at Romney Mon
day and adopted resolutions approving
of the course pursued by Senator
Flournoy and Delegate Chipley, repre-
sentatives from that county in the LIE
eislature, in their opposition to the re-
election of Senator Camden, and call
ing on the other counties Of the State
to pass similar resolutions.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08
NEW YORK, PHILADITPgn
IN AID Ia
NORFOLK RAILROAD COMPANY

PASSENGER AND FAST FREi,Rr IN,
BETWEEN -
NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, And Kim
MOND. 10
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08
oLD.FAsuiONED MORMONs.
The - Josef hites +" Celebrate the Re
eovery of the Temple ut
Kirkland. Ohio.

A Cleveland special says: The old
temple of the Latter-Day Saints of
Jesus Christ, or the original Mormons,
i'll the little town OF Kirkland, thirty
miles from here, is again the meeting
place of Mormons. 1t was built by
Joseph Smith, the martyr, and Sidney
Ryney, translator of the Mormon
Bible, in 1884, but in 1874, when the
Mornons were divided, the building
fell into the hands of the Utah branch,
the polygamists, who seeded from the
original Church. For years a fierce
war was waged in the courts for pos
session of the building, but it was
finally given to the re0rganized Church
of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints.
The old temple was to-day formally
taken possession of by the monogamist
branch of the Church. The members
of this branch of Mornonism are known
as Joscphites from their adherence to
the doctrines of Joseph Smith. Joseph
Smith, Jr., son of the founder Oh the
Church, is the present presiding officer.
There are present at Kirkland about
one hundred delegates, representing
every Josephite society in the country.
The conference will continue eight days,
and matters of great importance are
expected to come up for settlement.
The exact position of the Josephites
toward the Utah Church will be defined
and the question of polygamy will be
thoroughly discussed. At to-day's con-
ference there were no representatives
of the Utah Church, but several dele
gates from Salt Lake City are expected,
who will be allowed hearing. The
Church secretary and recorder sub
mitted an exhaustive report showing the
condition Of the Church. Nine years ago
there were 1928 members of the re-
organized Church. To-day there are
10, 236 registered members. In the last
year /, no members were baptized, 157
were lost by expulsion, and 3l7 by
death, leaving net gain of 1906 men,
bers. Iowa has the largest number of
saints, 1927, and Missouri comes next
with 2,0S5. Virginia is at the foot of
the column with only six members,
while Utah, the hotbed of Mormonism,
has only 496 Josephites. Beside the
membership in the United States, Aus
tralia, Denmark. England, Scotland,
heSociety Islands, Switzerland, Wales,
Canada, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia all
furnish proselytes to this faith. Twenty.
one new branches have been started
this year, and about $4,000 in cash
has been received in contributions from
members.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08

Burning OF Landmarls-The
Crcps. dc.

fCorrespondence of the Richmond D!spatch.l
PowHArAN, April 6, 1887.
One of the old landmarks of our
county is gone. A spark, famed by
the March winds, last week destroyed
Fairfield" one of the Oldest resi-
dences of the county. This was the
mansion of the Rev. Christopher
Macrae, to which he removed from
Cumberland county. He was the par
son of Littleton parish, Cumberland
county, in colonial times, and did nos
sympathize with the Revolution, and
was taken from his house at the Old
Glebe by some violent young men, tied
10 a pine tree near the house-the
stump of which still stands and was
called the Parsons Pine-and severely
whipped. He brought suit against
them in the County Court of Cumber-
land for the assault and battery, and
through the strong appeals of his coun-
sci, Patrick Henry, recovered ex.
emplary damages. A full account OF
the old parson, who, despite his Tory
ism (which was but NATURALLY, was a good
man and an evangelical and sincere
Christian minister, is given by Bishop
Meade in his -" old Churches and Fami-
lies of Virginia" A grandson of Par
son Macrae now lives in less than a
mile from the Parsons Pine. Colonel
John II. Macrae, who resided during
his youth and early life in the South
and West, has differed from his grand
father in his denomination and politics,
as, not being an Episcopalian and q
Tory, he is q prominent Baptist and
Democrat, and is the moderator OF the
James-Riyer Baptist Association.
Our County Court March term has
lust passed. One felony was prose
cuted to conviction and another was
not. There was large attendance,
greatly enlivened by the presence Of
the various candidates, who treated
freely, the consequence OF which was
several animated fights.
Our farmers, discouraged by tue low
price of tobacco and the failure OF Con
cress to remove the tax, are not In
cEned to make their usual crop. The
wheat in the county looks worse thar
the Oldest inhabitant remembers at this
season of the year. Some attribute II
TO the winter weather, others to the baG
seed raised last year. The fact is thai
from present appearances there will bt
smaller crop of wheat made this
year than ever before. Another source
Of encouragement is the loss of all the
early fruits and vegetables by the sud
den recent cold waves, which We arr
unable to guard against, as the predic
ton of the weather prophet at Wash
ington and the cold wave itself reacl
us at the same time. ID.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08
MURDER THE CHARGE
TBY FUNERAL or rsg vrcTru OF
rAxasroUs sEor.
Indignation Among the colorsd People
pinviadis Circuit Coart- The Ap.
preaching Musieal Festival.
prrrnspuno, April 7. 1887.

fCcrfeepcndcnce OF me Richmond Dlspasrn.l
PRrRRspuno, April z, 1887.
The funeral Of John II. Rufiin, who
was shot and killed by Frank Nj. Lang
sion, took place from the First Baptist
colored) church this afternoon, and
was attended by an immense crowd.
The killing Of Kufiin, under the cir
eumstances as developed before the
coroner's jury, has created feeling OF
profound indignation among the color
ed people, who declare that the shoot
ing had no provocation, and, indeed,
no evidence was elected before the
soroner's jury TO show that there was
any provocation for the taking OF o
mans life on the mere suspicion OF the
theft of pipe. :,
The prisoner Langston will be
brought into the Mayors Court to-mor-
row morning for preliminary hearing.
Whether or not examination wiii De
had is not known, the supposition being
expressed that il may be waived.
il is understood that the contract for
building Mr.. David Dunlop's new to-
bscco-factory has been awarded to MIR.
w. J. Chappell, Of this city, at cost
ef about Sill, 900. 1t is said that the
building, which is to be located on the
ate Of the old Petersburg lron-Works,
on Old street, is to be FIVE stories In
height. ard to be made fire-proof. II
will be finished by the early fail.
The Circuit Court OF Nottoway
county-Judge Hancock presiding
been ia session during the week, with a
considerable docket TO be disposed OF.
The Circuit Court Of Dinwiddie, which
was TO have commenced to-day, has
been postponed until next Monday, for
the reason that Judge Hancock could
not get through in time to open Din
yiddie court before that time.
Mr.. Richard s. Boykin and bride, OF
Southampton county, have gone on
bridal trip to Florida.
There is a rumor on the street OF the
probable early building of magnifi-
cent hotel in this city by northern capt.
talists, but nothing definite can be as
certaincd as to the truth of the report
The next annual musical festival of
the musical associations of Virginia
and North Carolina will be held in this
city on May 10th and 18th inclusive.
The festival will embrace seven brilliant
concerts, with eminent vocal and In
strumental soloists and picked orches-
ira of thirty-fve artists to assist. The
chorus on the occasion will number be-
tween $50 and 800 trained voices from
the various associations Of the two
States. One of the concerts of the fes-
tival will be given 10y a chorus of about
800 children, whose training has been
in progress for some time past. This
festival of miisic is anticipated with
great interest here.
From the best information to be
gained it is learned that the fruit IN
this section has not yet been killed.
There was no freeze during the late two
days SHOW, and there has been none
since. ROBIN ADAIR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08
STANTON.


End or Long Trial-Coyneri insane
rcorespondence OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
APRIL Z, 1887.
The long-pcnding case in the Au-
eusta County Court of the Common
wealth against I. j. s. Coyner, for kill
ing Montezrma Brown, on the Fair
Grounds near thscity, onthe 18th Octo-
Der, 1885, was brought to u close yes,
terday afternoon. This was the second
trial, and occupied one week In tho
rough investigation. The question to
he decided was the sanity OF the pri.
soner at this time and at the time the
murder was committed. The jury,
after a few minutes absence, returned
with verdict that Coyner was insane
now and insane on the 10Th Of Octo
Der, 1885. Judge Stout will enter the
Judgment this morning, which places
Coyner in an insane asylum. The jury
at the first trial found him insane o.
that time but sane at the time Of the
murder.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08

AyySS%<IUSISS-1<1 1S/--<->I(1>~->
TJRTCKHOUSE AND HICKS FOR
ID eAIK-COmnIgSIONE SALE on VAL
UApLE REAL xsTATE IN ThE COUNTY 0F
r ri Z cours d New Kent entered in said court
IN inc sfsS day Of May, 1884, In chanceyy cause
therein pending IN tho style OF Hougbton %
SjrasviIi. tho undersigned, special commits
saIs at public auction 10 the highest bidder,
at New Kent Courthouse, on
THURSDAY. APRIL q. 1887.
mat being court-dsy. those TWO VALUABLE
FARMS, lying and being, In Nov Kent county,
other a. 4ICKS-the 6rst containing about 100
ACRES and the second about 100 ACRES
The said farm BRICKIoUsE lies opposite 70
the growing and thriving town OF West Point,
and has on it Large ana eommoa no Dun.nss
Virginia, and has much timbered land and
stationary saw-mill and water power. and is Ia
every way valuable farm and residence, and
presents fne opportunity for investment TO
men OF capital. A steam-ferry IL already In
contemplation from West Point % Brfckhouse,
which. when established, win make Brickhouse
a beautiful site for suburban town.
Terms: For cash enough 70 pay The amount
duo on Defendant Grayyill's debt and costs OF
suit and expenses Of same--ebout ts2,50O; the
residue upon credit Of SIX, twelve. and eigh-
teen months, or upon such terms M the plant
ia, Thomas Houghton, may prescribe.
". X. AYLETT,
X. 7. LACY,
Special Commissioners
-
LEN. Crump, clerk OF the Circuit Court Of
New Kent, certify that w. X. Aylett and X. I.
lacy special commissioners named In witnin
decrce, have executed the bonds required by
said decree.
lSigpedl y. NJ. ChUMr
ape Clerk New Kent Circuit Court
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08
PcrfshiBg Four Hundred Yards
from Land.

A Boston telegram says John Olsen,
a Norwegian sailor, was on board the
schooner j. H. Eels, of Rockport, Me-,
when sh9 was wrecked some three
weeks ago on Cape Cod, two and
half miles south Of Nauset light. He
has been in the Marine Hospital since
the disaster, and came to this city at
the request of the agent of the vessel.
He makes serious charges against the
members of the life-saying crew at the
scene of the wreck.
eve were bound from Perth Amboy
10 Boston," he said, "and when off
Nauset light found that the vessel was
leaking badly. In binding snow
storm and heavy sea the vessel had
strained herself, and was threatening to
sink at any moment. The only thing
we could do was to run her ashore. We
struck about Q o'clock in the morning.
The sea was then breaking over us. and
we were driven to the rigging. There
we're four of us. The cold was intense,
and we had to pound each other to
keep from freezing to death. The
crew of the life saving station
sow us about half an hour after We
struck, and put out in boat to save
us. They came within fifty feet of us,
and, without speaking or attempting to
save us, turned around and went back.
The sea was quite smooth then, and
there was no reason in the world why
they could not have saved us all. All
day long we chung to the rigging, our
bands and feet almost frozen. We saw
the crowds of people on the shore run
ming back and forth, and the life saving
crew standing there watching us. At
midnight one of our party died, and at
about 8 in the morning another gave up
and was washed overheard. At8o'clock
the next morning tugboat sighted
us end headed for us. Four men put
out in small boat, not more than half
as large as the hfeboat belonging to the
station, rowed up to the wreck, and took
MS on board. Our hands and feet were
frozen. We were only about four hun.
bred yards from the shore, and if the
life saving crew had been men of any
pluck they might have had us all off in
two hours after we struck"
The men at the life-saving station say
that their boat was full OF water and had
to put about ON account OF the heavy
sea- The assistant inspector of life
saving stations has been investigating
the matter, and says that the sailors
could not be rescued by the life crew.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08
The Winchester Murder Trial.

10y efNEtoIa W VIZ tftct'~~@@-t
WINCHESTER, Va, April THE trial
of Ridenour, charged with the murder
of Young Bray, began to-day. A jury
was obtained from the regular panel OF
twenty-four, with an additional ak
summoned after the panel had been ex-
hausted. The witnesses examined this
afternoon testified principally to the
finding OF the body secreted under
leaves in the woods and the identified
ton of the same.
A great crowd is in attendance. The
prisoner is quite handsome man, and
from appearances does not fully realize
the dangerous position he occupies.
The trial will be long one. The evi-
dence points strongly to Ridenour as
the murderer. At the time OF adjourn
ment testimony vas being given with
regard to the finding q short distance
from the body of note for S75 given
to Bray by Ridenour.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08
sudden Death OF Temperance Or
Eonkxep
(By telegraph to The Dispatch. ]

tDy SieBfnph 70 the DspaEhl
New YORK, April General Thomas
w. Conway, secretary of the State
Temperance League OF New York, and
organizer Of the Temperance Insurance
Association OF New York, died sudden
" last evening after returning from the
Baptist Mission church, near East New
York, from heart-disease. He had just
finished devotional exercises and was
escorting his wife, who had been taken
sick in church, to her home in Brook
lyn, when he was stricken down, and IN
less than twenty minutes was O corpse.
He was forty-eight years Of age, and Of
full habit. He was well known in the
South, particularly at New Orleans, du-
ring reconstruction times.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-08

lie. NJ Crump, clerk OF the Circuit Court OF
New Kent county, do certify that n. W. Bowe
and I. :. Martin have executed bond In SUM-
cient security, conditioned for the faithful dis
charge of their duties az special commission
ers acting under decree Of the Circuit Court OF
New Kent i'm the cause Of MOrTis's representa-
tive ts. Jones ct ais, entered on the LIST day OF
December, 1886.
Given under my hand this 18th day OF Febru-
ap7 EN-. CRUMP. Clerk.